[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Students test pollution near Hill Air Force Base (UT)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Students learn by testing pollution near homes

Anne Johnson
WRAL TV (NC)
February 27, 2011
Project Education: Edutopia, a partnership between WRAL-TV and the  
George Lucas Educational Foundation, shows how Utah high schoolers  
are fighting pollution in their community – and learning at the same  
time.

Clearfield High School students live near Hill Air Force Base, which  
generates millions of pounds of hazardous waste each year that slip  
into the underground water system.

"There's actually some areas that are contaminated so bad that fumes  
rise up to the basements of people's houses," Clearfield High student  
Anthony Huffman said. "That can lead to cancer and other serious  
illnesses."

Chemistry and biology students at Clearfield High have been  
monitoring water quality in the area since 2006.

"We were testing the water for nitrogen, oxygen, the PH, the  
temperature, the light source," student Whitney Maycock said.

Through a technology grant, the school obtained tablet computers that  
come with monitoring software and probes. Students explained the  
tablets make their research much more efficient.


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For the entire story, see
http://www.wral.com/news/edutopia/story/9183343/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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